KEVIN DIPPOLD

Kevin Dippold is a songwriter, producer and composer who has worked with some of the largest names in the industry including The Smashing Pumpkins, Ziggy Marley, Jessica Simpson, Linda Perry, as well as a multitude of other independent artists. Kevin has also worked on a number of feature films, documentaries and TV shows as a composer and mixer. Kevin won a Hollywood Music in Media Award in 2013, and in 2009 he won a CAS Award for his mixing work on The Smashing Pumpkins film “If All Goes Wrong”. Kevin has worked on many other projects for the Smashing Pumpkins such as mixes for “Guitar Hero”, mixes of their 20th anniversary tour shows, and mostly recently their 2012 album “Oceania”. He was also a touring member of Billy Corgan’s band Spirits in the Sky.

‘Kevin’s a consummate pro. Knows his notes and stuff, but what makes him stand out is his willingness to go outside the box as a writer or producer.’ – Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)

Kevin recently released his third solo record, “In The Beginning” which has been described as “Authentically American” and “Futuristic ’60s.” Kevin started playing guitar at age 13. He also plays piano, mandolin, flute, bass, pedal steel guitar. Kevin is currently living and working in Hollywood, CA.

Bruce H. Lipton, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in bridging science and spirit. Stem cell biologist, bestselling author of The Biology of Belief and recipient of the 2009 Goi Peace Award, he has been a guest speaker on hundreds of TV and radio shows, as well as keynote presenter for national and international conferences.

Dr. Lipton began his scientific career as a cell biologist. He received his Ph.D. Degree from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville before joining the Department of Anatomy at the University of Wisconsin’s School of Medicine in 1973. Dr. Lipton’s research on muscular dystrophy, studies employing cloned human stem cells, focused upon the molecular mechanisms controlling cell behavior. An experimental tissue transplantation technique developed by Dr. Lipton and colleague Dr. Ed Schultz and published in the journal Science was subsequently employed as a novel form of human genetic engineering.

In 1982, Dr. Lipton began examining the principles of quantum physics and how they might be integrated into his understanding of the cell’s information processing systems. He produced breakthrough studies on the cell membrane, which revealed that this outer layer of the cell was an organic homologue of a computer chip, the cell’s equivalent of a brain. His research at Stanford University’s School of Medicine, between 1987 and 1992, revealed that the environment, operating though the membrane, controlled the behavior and physiology of the cell, turning genes on and off. His discoveries, which ran counter to the established scientific view that life is controlled by the genes, presaged one of today’s most important fields of study, the science of epigenetics. Two major scientific publications derived from these studies defined the molecular pathways connecting the mind and body. Many subsequent papers by other researchers have since validated his concepts and ideas.

Dr. Lipton’s novel scientific approach transformed his personal life as well. His deepened understanding of cell biology highlighted the mechanisms by which the mind controls bodily functions, and implied the existence of an immortal spirit. He applied this science to his personal biology, and discovered that his physical well-being improved, and the quality and character of his daily life was greatly enhanced.

Dr. Lipton has taken his award-winning medical school lectures to the public and is currently a sought after keynote speaker and workshop presenter. He lectures to conventional and complementary medical professionals and lay audiences about leading-edge science and how it dovetails with mind-body medicine and spiritual principles. He is regarded as one of the leading voices of the new biology. Dr Lipton’s work summarizing his findings, entitled The Biology of Belief, (Hay House Publishing, 202 pages, $25, hardcover, ISBN 978-1-4019-2311-2). His new book, Spontaneous Evolution, Our Positive Future and a Way to Get There From Here, (Hay House Publishing, ISBN 978-1-4019-2580-2) is available now.

Norman Lear was born in New Haven, Connecticut on July 27, 1922. He dropped out of Emerson College to join the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He left the Army in 1945 and began writing comedy, which eventually transformed into screenwriting and producing for television and films. His best known projects include the TV shows All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Maude and Good Times.

Early Life

Television and film writer and producer. Born Norman Milton Lear on July 27, 1922. Lear grew up in a Jewish family in New Haven, Connecticut where his parents, Herman and Jeanette Lear, worked in sales. When Lear was only 9 years old, his father went to prison to serve a three-year sentence for fraud. With his father in jail, Lear turned to his uncle Jack and his grandfather Shya as role models. His grandfather wrote frequent letters to the president on the various political issues of the day. Lear later said his grandfather's political involvement taught him a lesson he never forgot: "that a citizen can matter." Nevertheless, Lear never imagined himself growing up to be a rich and famous celebrity. "All I wanted was to grow up to be a guy who could flip a quarter to a nephew," he once said.

Lear attended Emerson College in Boston, but dropped out in 1942 to join the United States Army Air Forces. He served as a radio operator and gunner during World War II, flying 52 combat missions in the Mediterranean Theater and earning the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters. Lear left the military in 1945, and worked for four years in public relations before embarking on a career as a freelance comedy writer.

In 1950, Norman Lear teamed up with Ed Simmons to write The Ford Star Review, a musical comedy variety show that aired for one year on NBC. Although the show's run was brief, Lear and Simmons impressed comedian Jerry Lewis, who hired them to write for the Colgate Comedy Hour, where they worked until 1953. In 1958, Lear moved from writing to production, joining with director Bud Yorkin to found Tandem Productions. With Lear writing and producing, the pair produced numerous feature films, including Divorce American Style (1967), which earned Lear an Academy Award nomination in 1967.

All in the Family

In 1970, Lear got the idea to revamp the British sitcom Till Death Do Us Part to fit into an American context. Set in Queens, New York, All in the Family aired on CBS from 1971 to 1983 (renamed Archie Bunker's Place in 1979) and won four consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series. All in the Family was groundbreaking in many respects, helping to usher in a new era of television programs that tackled controversial and socially relevant subject matter. The show, which centered around the bigoted character Archie Bunker, examined the issues of race, sexuality, and social inequality through the lens of comedy, breaking longstanding television taboos against profanity, racial slurs, and toilet humor.

In addition to All in the Family, Lear wrote and produced a host of other controversial shows that dealt with pressing social issues. In 1972, he introduced Maude on CBS, whose caustic, liberal title character provided a foil to the conservative Archie Bunker. Lear also brought black families into starring roles on primetime television with Good Times (1974-1979) and The Jeffersons (1975-1985). While Lear's shows were often criticized for their sharp political bent, he vociferously defended his right to incorporate his personal views into his writing. "Why wouldn't I have ideas and thoughts," he said, "and why wouldn't my work reflect those ideas?"

Politics and Activism

In order to have a more direct impact on social change, in 1981 Lear decided to leave the world of television for political activism. In that year, he founded People for the American Way, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting First Amendment rights, strengthening public education, and promoting electoral and immigration reform. In 2000, Lear founded the Norman Lear Center at USC to support research investigating the intersection of entertainment and society. Four years later, he founded Declare Yourself, a nonpartisan youth voter registration initiative. For his work in both television and political activism, President Bill Clinton presented Lear with the National Medal of Arts in 1999, stating that "Norman Lear has held up a mirror to American society and changed the way we look at it."

Lear lives in Los Angeles, California with his third wife Lyn Davis Lear, with the two having married in 1987. He has six children and four grandchildren. Together the couple continues to participate in political causes; in 2009, they founded Born Again American, a group committed to reviving informed citizenship. And in October 2014, at the age of 92, he published his critically-acclaimed autobiography Even This I Get to Experience. 

Asked by an interviewer to sum up his influence on American television and society, Lear recalled one night when he was riding in an airplane. "I remember looking down and thinking, hey, it's just possible, wherever I see a light, I've helped to somebody laugh."

Rachael Jayne Groover is the author of the best-selling book "Powerful and Feminine: How to Increase your Magnetic Presence and Attract the Attention You Want."

As an accomplished singer/songwriter from Australia, Rachael Jayne was most fascinated with why some performers had an incredible stage presence, while others, who might have been technically brilliant, did not. She realized that anyone could learn the key factors that create “stage presence” in a performer, and use them to stand out, be seen, and inspire others in any situation.

Overcoming stage-fright and enormous fear of rejection, she became an award-winning vocalist, and finished her full-time singing career performing to a live audience of 40,000 people, before making the leap to live in the USA and become an inspirational speaker and personal development trainer.

She now travels the world teaching women how to increase their personal presence, their vocal power, and their ability to strategically earn their potential in business.

She is the creator of the Art of Feminine Presence™ classes and trainings that are offered worldwide, by herself and over 1200 certified teachers working with her. She founded The YIN Project and the Feminine Spirituality and Leadership Program – initiatives that work with women on the importance of the feminine principle in intimate relationships, leadership, and in shifting global consciousness.

She is gifting listeners with her free report THE 7 REASONS WHY TALENTED, SPIRITUAL WOMEN MAKE LITTLE MONEY AND MINIMUM IMPACT.

Dr. Namie is a social psychologist and widely regarded as North America’s foremost authority on Workplace Bullying. In 2007, 2010 and 2014, Dr. Namie wrote, and Zogby Analytics conducted, the most frequently cited, largest-ever, scientific U.S. survey of Workplace Bullying. Along with his wife, Ruth, they wrote the popular books, The Bully-Free Workplace (Wiley, 2011) and The Bully At Work 2nd ed. (Sourcebooks, 2009). He has 21 years university teaching experience in management and psychology, including the University of Southern California. He was a corporate manager for two regional hospital systems. He won national and college campus teaching awards. He now directs the only U.S. research and education organization with a focus on bullying at work, the Workplace Bullying Institute. The media regard Dr. Namie, after 1,200+ interviews, as the go-to expert. He leads advocates to enact the anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill in US states. He serves as expert witness in bullying-related legal cases. Work Doctor®, the consulting firm, created the Workplace Bullying specialization.

Tamara Adilman Counselling and Consulting for over 20 years in Vancouver B.C.

Specialist in Relationship/Marriage Therapy and Individual Counselling

"The Journey is the Destination"

- Unknown

I have been a relationship therapist and individual counsellor since I began my career over 20 years ago. I have committed my working life to helping people discover what it truly means to be who they are and help them identify how they want to live their life. I help clients find a more positive and loving way to be in relationship with each other because I believe relationships have the power to transform the lives of couples, adult family members and individuals.

IMAGO - A NEW WAY TO LOVE IN RELATIONSHIPS

As a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist with Advanced Clinician Status a Workshop Presenter and Certified Imago Consultant /Supervisor I have worked with hundreds of couples and individuals. What I experience is that Imago therapy teaches couples a NEW WAY TO LOVE.

It teaches partners practical skills based on positive proven methods that work. Clients love this approach because it offers them new skills to change old behaviour patterns. Couples and family members learn how to calm their reactions towards each other, lessen conflict and find a deeper understanding so they can restore their connection to each other.

Damien is a researcher and an experiencer of the UFO phenomenon. He gives presentations and talks and has appeared on TV and in documentaries. He is also the founder of AAPI - Australian Aerial Phenomena Investigations.  

Spurred by his vision to create a central and pivotal group of senior investigators that cover the entire Australian continent, Damien has brought together a team of extraordinary people, most of whom are direct experiencers of the UFO phenomenon. Where appropriate, we use the term Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) as it encapsulates a more accurate definition of what is sometimes described as lights, rather than solid objects. With our combined group knowledge, wealth of invaluable experience and ongoing research, our collective aim is to provide evidence of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in the skies over Australia.

Michelle Walling is a transformational speaker, writer, webmaster, radio show host, and video blogger. After her spiritual awakening in 2010, Michelle started her public career as a spiritual, metaphysical, and esoteric contributing writer for In5d.com and bodymindsoulspirit.com in 2013. Michelle describes her awakening path as a fast track to enlightenment, as she was determined to uncover the truth about who she is and what her life purpose is. After studying hundreds of books, attending many seminars, having many psychic and astrology readings, and spending much of her time "going within", she is very clear about her mission to help others. She accomplishes her goals by offering private sessions as well as speaking at conferences and seminars. Michelle also reaches thousands of people through her writing, radio shows, and videos. She became a Certified Holistic Life Coach in 2014. Michelle is the webmaster for six websites and is a contributing writer for In5d and BodyMindSoulSpirit. Ultimately, Michelle enjoys helping people find the answers to all of their questions by sharing her personal experience and by helping others "go within".